ACTIVIST REPORT OFFERS FIRST-TIME COMPARISON OF MULTI-POLLUTANT BILLS

A high-profile study released by environmentalists earlier this month is the first analysis to compare the health impacts of three major multi-pollutant bills pending in Congress, likely providing ammunition to opponents of the Bush administration's Clear Skies initiative. But electric utilities are blasting the report, saying it offers no proof that the power plants are the cause of the premature deaths. The report also comes just after government analysts released a new study finding that Clear Skies is the only...